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Dumplin Go Big Or Go Home
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed 'Dumplin' by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked until Will takes a job at Harpy�s, the local fast food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn�t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant along with several other unlikely candidates to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City and maybe herself most of all. With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine - Dumplin' is guaranteed to steal your heart.
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The Spider In The Corner Of The Room
Plastic surgeon Dr Maria Martinez has Asperger's. Convicted of killing a priest, she is alone, in prison and has no memory of the murder. DNA evidence places Maria at the scene of the crime, yet she claims she's innocent. Then she starts to remember. A strange room. Strange people. Being watched. As Maria gets closer to the truth she is drawn into a web of international intrigue and must fight not only to clear her name but to remain alive. As addictive as the Bourne novels, with a protagonist as original as The Bridge's Saga Noren.
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The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
At nine years old, Frankie Presto is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. But Frankie's talent is unique, and his amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscape of the twentieth century, from classical to jazz to rock and roll, with his stunning talent affecting numerous stars along the way, including Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Carole King and even KISS. Frankie becomes a pop star himself. He makes records. He is adored. But his gift is also his burden, as he realises, through his music, he can actually affect people's futures with one string turning blue whenever a life is altered. At the height of his popularity, Frankie Presto vanishes. His legend grows. Only decades later does he reappear, to change one last life
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Pichai The Future of Google
On 10 August 2015, an unassuming product expert who learnt his ropes at IIT Kharagpur was declared the next CEO of tech giant Google. Sundar Pichai's appointment was hardly an unexpected one. Pichai is a man known as much for his veritable Midas touch with every product he has developed for Google - Chrome, Chrome OS and Android to just name a few - as for his superlative people skills and calm approach to innovation and creativity. Yet, the company's decision to restructure its product lines and Pichai's appointment as the head of a leaner, more focused Google, has raised inevitable questions - What does Pichai's role indicate for the future of the tech giant? Will Google consolidate its position for existing products or will they focus on creating new ones? And will Pichai transform the organization that Page and Brinn created and led, or confirm the belief of a minority of naysayers that he is not yet ready for this daunting role? Pichai: The Future of Google examines these questions and more. Combining reportage and analysis, it throws light on Sundar Pichai's childhood and education, his entry into the tech world and quick rise up the ranks in Google, his experience with two different leaders, Schmidt and Page, and the takeaways from the Larry Page era, and his key contributions as a leader and tech-guru to Google's most successful properties.As much a study of the organization's fascinating eco-system that allows experimentations, innovation and progress to thrive Incisive and informative, as of the person chosen to head it, this book will inspire as much as it will inform
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Unfinished Business.
Hyattown had changed very little in the years Vanessa Sexton had been away. In some ways her high school sweetheart, Brady Tucker, hadn't changed much either he was still lean, athletic, rugged. But the once reckless boy had become a solid, dependable man. He'd stood her up on the most important night of her life, could she ever trust him again? So Vanessa had finally come home, Brady thought. She could still turn him inside out with one of her sultry looks. He couldn't believe she hadn't forgiven him for that night twelve years ago but he'd had his reasons for not showing up. He'd let her leave town then, but he wasn't going to let her get away this time.
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Scandalous Mistress
DOUBLE TAKE - Getting hot for the new teacher wasn't in police chief Mike Santori's plan, especially not when Lindsey Smith is more than she claims to be, but using every sexy trick he knows to strip Lindsey of her defences pushes them both beyond their limits. CAPTIVATE ME - Software developer Alyssa hates damnably hot nightclub owner Beckett Kayne. By day they're rivals, but by night he dons a mask and brings her wicked fantasies to life. Until the Ball, when Alyssa puts on her own mask! MY DOUBLE LIFE - Standing in as a dancer for one night, Courtney Masterson doesn't expect to see new client Trey Fraser in the front row. Suddenly she's offering him a private dance. Now her alter ego has opened the door to the one man who must never know who she really is!
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One Kiss In Moscow
RUTHLESS PASSION : One year after their night of sinful passion, Sergei Kholodov is determined to possess Hannah Pearl again. But will his appetite for her be sated after one more night? Rose Harkness has a daring proposition for tycoon Plato Kuragin, but it�s strictly business. Until a delicious taste of the forbidden leaves Rose hooked and her heart in serious trouble. Pilot Sloan 'Dodge' Hamilton is determined to stay away from icy beauty Larissa. Until she is threatened. Suddenly, his protective instinct takes over, unearthing feelings he never knew existed and can no longer control! Welcome to Moscow!
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Mrutyunjay
More so often, the study of Karna’s character has been the study of existentialism through Veda Vyasa’s epic. In this book, the author describes the mysterious similarities between Krishna and Karna. He tries to hint at a numinous link between the two characters. He gives a more-than-human aura and dimension to Karna’s character in this book, delving deep into the subtle layers that Vyasa has created for him.
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Our Impossible Love
Life teaches us what 'love' truly is And love gives definition to 'life' Aisha, a bit of a late bloomer, has to figure out what it means to be a woman and to be desired. Danish feels time is running out for him and he's going to end up as a nobody, as opposed to his overachieving, determined younger brother. Life takes a strange turn when Danish, the confused idiot, is appointed as the student counsellor to Aisha. Between the two of them they have to figure out love, life, friendship - most of all, themselves. And it's not proving to be easy? Our Impossible Love presents, Life the way it is and Love the way it should be
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The Girl On The Train
The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins, is a psychological thriller that revolves around a girl whose life is exposed to dramatic turnarounds from her normal train journeys.
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Stars of Fortune
Sasha Riggs is a reclusive artist, haunted by vivid dreams and nightmares that she turns into extraordinary paintings. Desperate to understand her visions, she finds herself drawn to the Greek island of Corfu. She has only just arrived when she encounters Bran Killian, an Irish magician with a warm charisma and secrets dancing in his eyes. Sasha has never met Bran before, but she knows him only too well - because this is the man from her dreams. The man she has painted over and over again. The man she seems fated to be with...if she can find the courage to accept who she really is. Sasha soon discovers that four other strangers have been lured to the island. Like Bran, they are all desperately searching for a mysterious jewel known as the fire star - before it falls into the wrong hands. Together, they might just succeed. But first they must learn to trust one another and reveal their deepest secrets. On the sun-drenched island of Corfu, love and magic are sparked into life. And for Sasha, nothing will ever be the same again.
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Detours
When Salil Tripathi began writing a travel column for a well known newspaper, he consciously decided to veer off the beaten track and not showcase the food and drink or the fabulous hotels and world class restaurants of a country. Instead, it was his insights into a place that defined a country and its people when viewed from the prism of history, culture and literature. Culled from his extensive travel writings, Detours - Songs of the open road is split into three parts, the first section called, War & After is a riveting account of places that were shattered due to terrible wars or human rights violations, the second titled, words & images, about places he visualised better because certain writers or artists made those places fascinating, and the third called loss & remembrance, is a wonderful personal journey about countries he visited with his wife who died in 2006 and which he later revisited with his sons as remembrance to a beloved. Detours: Songs of the Open Road is a remarkable travel diary of a man who holds your hand and takes you through fascinating journeys which you make your own by the end of his travel.
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The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories
Maxim Jakubowski, together with Nathan Braund, edited the bestselling Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper (1999), which has reprinted several times and was reissued in 2008 in a revised and expanded edition. The book focused on the countless theories that have been put forward with regard to the identity of the notorious Victorian serial killer and offered an extensive 100-page section presenting all the known facts in the case. It included 30 essays written by the most famous, often controversial Ripperologists putting forward their own theories. It remains one of the few titles to offer a series of alternative solutions to Jack the Ripper's identity and the truth behind the Whitechapel murders. But how many new theories and identities can researchers come up with? In this wonderful collection of brand-new stories, Jakubowski has compiled an extraordinary array of explorations into the identity of Jack the Ripper - this time unabashedly fictional, unrestrained by history and the known facts. Contributors include Carol Anne Davis, Martin Edwards, Peter Guttridge, Barbara Nadel; Alvaro Zinos-Amaro and Sally Spedding. 'Jack the Ripper' has appeared in a number of novels, as the lead character in some, beginning with Marie Belloc Lowndes's The Lodger (1913), filmed by Hitchcock. Authors as diverse as Michael Dibdin, Lindsay Faye, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Alan Moore, Fredric Brown, Ramsey Campbell and Colin Wilson have all used poetic licence to 'revive' the notorious killer.The varied stories in this fantastic new collection continue this tradition with many possible identities put forward, some already suggested by historians, others more speculative, including famous names from history and fiction. Even Sherlock Holmes is on the case!
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Second Chance at Love
He's broken. She's beautiful. Together, can they be whole? Bindiya Saran is always cheerful - ask anyone who knows her. But her smiles hide a troubled past. When she is chosen to consult on a prestigious project for one of India�s largest conglomerates, she meets Samar 'Satan' Chauhan, the brooding mystery man no one can please. Bindiya and Samar come from different worlds, and they clash intensely. But, like the harshest of storms, unrest gives way to harmony and much to their surprise, they find in each other the one thing neither thought they truly deserved - a second chance at love. Are Bindiya and Samar too broken to fully trust each other? Will they find the courage to reopen their hearts, forgive themselves and seek redemption in love? Tenderly gliding from heartbreak to heartache to healing, this is a book that will speak to anyone who has ever been in love.
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Raakshas
What made him a serial killer? Was he born with homicidal tendencies? Did a harrowing childhood render him criminally insane? The questions haunt, Additional Commissioner of Police, Maithili Prasad as she discovers the horrific murders across Mumbai. As she spearheads the greatest manhunt in Mumbai's history, she's determined to contain the reign of terror unleashed by the ruthless serial killer. But before that she must grapple with her personal demons that surface to plague her with self-doubt. Just as it seems that Maithili has begun to understand the deep-rooted resentment that drives the serial killer, he turns around and makes her the object of his revenge. Will she emerge unscathed from this ordeal? This thrilling narrative of a serial killer's life and the unusual and challenging investigation to catch him, uncovers a chilling trail of unspeakable torment and cruelty-the tale of...Raakshas.